St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-01
THE ARENSDORF TRIAL.
and Denies all knowledge of the
Crime.

The Defendant Takes the Stand
and Denies all knowledge of the
Crime.
Special to the Glope
SIOUX CITY, To-, Nov. 30.-In the Ar
ensdOrf case to-day the cross-eXamina-
ton of Sylvester Ganda. one of the in
dicted conspirators, was continued, and
witness made many contradictions as
we'll as several admissions that were
damaging to the defense. Following
this witness came number of others,
most of them for the purpose of i'm
peaching the testimony of Leavitt Bis
marck and others of the states wit
nesses. All through this testimony
there was an apparent effort on the part
of the defense to bring into
prominence the alleged threats made
by Leavitt against Haddock previous
to the murder, and the fact that he had
tried to induce several different parties
to kill the preacher. A cOlored man,
.'Chalk," swOre positively that Leavitt
offered him 81. 200 to kill Haddock, but
he refused. Others swore tibet the char
acterS of Leavitt, Bismarck, the Joseph
sons and others, were very bad. Coroner
Waterman was examined briefly and
said that he had never filed report of
the inquest with the clerk of the court,
as required by law. At $50 p. m. John
ArenSdorf, the defendant, was placed
on the stand. His testimony in the first
part was sweeping denial of all the al
legations made by the state which con-
nected him in any way with the killing,
or any previous knowledge thereof. He
also
DENIED IN DETAIL
all sayings or threats shown by the
state to have been made by him prior to
the killing, and said that when he first
heard of the killing he was in the
English kitchen, just four blocks east of
the scene of the murder. The question
of his alibi was not considered. and he
told of his whereabouts on the night of
the murder. A comparison with his teS-
timony on the previous trial shows that
it differs materially from that given
then. The places that he visited Oh that
evening are the same, but he took diff
ferent routes to reach them, and stopped
at entirely different points from those
mentioned before. At the hour of
adjournment his cross-examination
h d proceeded about an hour
row. This finishes the evidenc
of the defense, it is understood, and the
state will Introduce number of wit
neSSeS in rebuttal, so that there is little
hope of getting the case to the jury be-
fore the early part of next week. ArenS-
DORIS appearance on the stand, and
in fact ever since his arrest over year
ago, was not that of man on trial for
his life. He is cool and collected and
hesitates not to look his interrogation
squarely in the eye, and answers queS-
tons on crOSS-eXaminatiOn promptly
and with an air of indifference that is
seldom displayed. Out of court hours
he maintains his usually quiet. good
natured manner, mingling freely with
his friends. as though he were the least
consequential witness in the case in
stead of the principal, whose future
destiny is to be determined by the YER
dict of
THE TWELVE FARMERS
who sit in the jury box. No restraints
placed upon the jury, and between the
sessions of the court they are free to go
and come at will. 1t is noticeable. too,
that there is a lack of ugly rumors
about secret meetings between the de-
fense's attorneys and jurors and of mid
night visits to the brewery that caused
so much talk on the, former trial. The
rulings of Judge Wakefield, which are
Lewis on the former trial, are the sub
ject of comment, as they appear to favor
the defense. In the crOsS-examination
of Ganda to-day Attorney O'Conneli
asked the witness: did you tell the
attorneys about Leavitt offering you re-
vOlverS?'
Collected to because it is disclosing
conversation between witness and his
attorneys" said Attorney ArgO.
Il would like to be heard, your honor"
said O'Connell, addressing the court"
1.-The court don't care to hear any ar
gument," said the judge. Then, after
pause, he said: But you may go
ahead.'
NO: 1 never talk to man who don't
want to hear me, your HONOR" said
O'Connell.
Proceed with the examination" Or
dered the judge.
Attorney Erwin. of st. Paul. has
made many friends here, and is compli-
mented on the manner in which he pro-
ceeds with the case for the defense.